Two Massachusetts ladies have been arrested Thursday night time whereas allegedly attempting to distribute 1.4 kilos of the lethal drug fentanyl in Bangor, in accordance with police.
The seizure comes on the heels of a report that 2022 marked the deadliest yr in Maine’s historical past for each overdose deaths and fentanyl-related overdose deaths.
For the previous yr, the Maine Drug Enforcement Company stated it has been investigating a Lawrence, Massachusetts-based drug trafficking group accountable for the distribution of document quantities of fentanyl all through Hancock, Somerset, Piscataquis and Penobscot counties.
MDEA stated it recognized traffickers in October 2022 in Hancock County who have been allegedly being provided by this group. Brokers stated undercover purchases of fentanyl and meth have been purchased from native sellers.
On Thursday, brokers noticed two ladies from Lawrence, Massachusetts, in a rental automotive who allegedly had come to Maine to distribute fentanyl in Hancock and Penobscot counties. Brokers stopped the automotive round 10 p.m. on Union Avenue in Bangor and located 1.4 kilos of fentanyl hidden within the engine compartment of the rental automotive, in accordance with police. Additionally they discovered over $5,000 in suspected drug proceeds. The road worth of the medication is about $94,000.
Brokers arrested Krismely Guzman, 24, and Eri Geilys Polanco Cacers, 22, and charged them with aggravated drug trafficking. They have been taken to Penobscot County Jail the place their bail was set at $100,000 money every.